Shotlist

Relates how Americans build, from youth throughout life, by using their ingenuity not only in technological advancement but in everyday efforts by everyone.

01:04:24:00 LS Beach with large rocks; surf crashing
01:04:51:00 LS Camera pans rocks; people playing in sand in distance
01:05:06:00 CU Sand castle on beach; American flag stuck in top
01:05:17:00 MS Two boys play in the sand by the ocean next to a sand castle
01:05:27:00 CU Two boys play in the sand; sand castle in frame
01:05:34:00 MS Two men build sand sculpture of a dog
01:05:40:00 CU Ship in a bottle is erected by hobbyist
01:05:51:00 CU Hot rivet is taken from coals; ironworker in hardhat lights his cigarette with
hot rivet
01:05:57:00 LS Construction worker throws hot rivet to co-worker who catches it in a basket
01:06:08:00 LS Workers install large piece of plate glass
01:06:14:00 LS Workers suspended on the side of an office building installing windows
01:06:25:00 LS Crane loads a ship
01:06:28:00 MS Two men in boat with outboard motor POV looking astern toward the Mackinac bridge
01:06:33:00 LS Large U.S. space rocket takes off
01:06:46:00 LS Children build wooden rocket ship (twice their size) with name "Moonik" painted
on it -- they are wearing toy space helmets -- this is a corny spoof of the
U.S. space program
01:06:53:00 CU Reaction shot: two little girls look at each other and shake their heads "no"
01:07:01:00 MS Man works in home workshop; carpentry tools visible
01:07:04:00 MS Man puts together washing machine
01:07:07:00 CU Woman's hands put together meal
01:07:23:00 MS Woman (housewife) works in modern kitchen
01:07:32:00 MS Man works in home workshop; carpentry tools visible
01:07:39:00 CU Piecrust is being trimmed
01:07:44:00 CU Electric saw cuts circle in wood
01:07:50:00 CU Woman's hands flute edges of pie crust
01:08:02:00 CU Assembly of mechanical part
01:08:07:00 CU Piecrust "lattice" is built
01:08:10:00 CU Round table being wood stained
01:08:13:00 CU Hands polish top of electric percolator
01:08:15:00 MS Man fixes electric coffee percolator
01:08:20:00 MS Woman puts finger to lips to taste meal
01:08:23:00 MS Boy with cowboy hat runs to mother; then he grabs bowl and eats right out of it
01:08:29:00 CU Face of dog (beagle) begging for food
01:08:35:00 CU Pie is set down on dinner table
01:08:36:00 MS Overhead shot of family sitting down to dinner
01:08:48:00 CU Woman pins hem of dress on a boy with an irritated look on his face
01:09:03:00 MS Man laying tile in backyard
01:09:08:00 MS Potter applies detail to pottery on wheel
01:09:16:00 MS Women work on assembly line making multicolored telephones
01:09:40:00 LS Women build table radios and transistor radios on assembly line
01:09:59:00 CU Doll's hair being brushed
01:10:10:00 MS Dolls traveling down conveyor belt (doll assembly line)
01:10:21:00 MS Women working textile factory
01:10:38:00 CU Electric machinery weaving cloth
01:11:00:00 LS Manufacture of trumpets
01:11:26:00 CU Crystal goblet is engraved
01:11:42:00 LS Glass blowing manufacture
01:11:58:00 CU Man looks through crystalline structure in bottom of dish, turns it around
01:12:02:00 CU Kaleidoscope-like light seen through crystal
01:12:08:00 MS Some kind of futuristic food warmer in a very unusual shape: sort of a globe
which sits on the table and splits open to reveal layers of cooked food; zoom in
01:12:19:00 CU Princess-type telephone is picked up and dialed (this is not a production-model
Princess phone but a prototype that was probably never marketed. It has the dial
in the handset but the phone has an unusual shape).
01:12:24:00 LS Tour buses drive by on highway
01:12:30:00 MS Tour buses are revealed to be models of buses; two men stand in foreground; one
sets down new model of car on model highway
01:12:35:00 MS Car drives straight into parking space; young man and women exit the car, man
grabs a portable television the couple holds hands and goes into building
marked with an awning that says "BEACH CLUB"
01:12:46:00 CU Television screen with cartoon of people on camels; beach in distant background
01:12:50:00 CU Couple in bathing suits lying on beach watching early prototype portable
television and laughing
01:12:56:00 CU Man attaches wires to flat panel TV screen prototype (fake); image of
Liberty Bell appears on screen
01:13:08:00 CU Old silver pieces; heavily engraved
01:13:15:00 MS Silversmith working at bench with eyepiece magnifier
01:13:20:00 CU Silversmith engraving silver piece
01:13:30:00 CU Hammer hitting piece of metal on an anvil
01:13:33:00 LS Blacksmith using hammer and anvil
01:13:39:00 LS Woman with spinning wheel in studio
01:13:45:00 MS Kitten caught up in wool yarn
01:13:49:00 LS Woman weaving on old-fashioned loom
01:14:02:00 LS Man working melted glass by hand
01:14:24:00 CU Small cooking pot being hammered
01:14:28:00 CU Man in Early American costume works on small cooking pot
01:14:53:00 LS Period recreation of Early American courtroom
01:15:07:00 MS Man in period costume (actor playing inventor Eli Whitney) argues before judges
01:16:32:00 MS Man in period costume demonstrates interchangeability of machined parts by
putting together a rifle in brief amount of time
01:17:32:00 MS Men in white wigs admire rifle
01:17:54:00 LS Men work in old rifle factory using hand tools
01:18:30:00 CU Water wheel used for power
01:18:34:00 CU Windmill blades spin
01:18:38:00 Lightning streaks in dark sky
01:18:41:00 CU Lightning flashes through window panes
01:18:48:00 LS Man walks through darkened room
01:18:51:00 MS Light goes on; man in worker's uniform has apparently pulled giant electrical
switch; this is supposed to symbolize the start of mass-production industry
in the US
01:18:53:00 CU Finger presses button marked "START"
01:18:56:00 CU Hand turns red lever
01:18:57:00 CU Finger presses switch
01:19:00:00 MS Man works at grinding wheel
01:19:05:00 MS Man guides wood through electric saw blades
01:19:08:00 MS Man uses electric grinding tool
01:19:12:00 MS Man uses large upright drill
01:19:13:00 MS A variety of grinding; shaping; cutting and drilling tools are shown in use
01:20:23:00 MS People on assembly lines welding inside cars
01:20:38:00 MS Man puts together engine in factory
01:20:42:00 CU Worker installs speedometer in factory
01:20:52:00 MS Women workers on assembly line, working on small parts, lowering and raising
handles, look robotic and monotonous
01:21:14:00 LS Half a car moves along an assembly line
01:21:31:00 LS Steering wheels manufactured
01:21:40:00 MS Car engines assembled
01:22:08:00 MS Car body lowered onto undercarriage ("body drop")
01:22:58:00 LS Car body spray painted by African-American worker
01:23:00:00 MS Wheels installed on car
01:23:22:00 MS Women on assembly line
01:23:45:00 CU Men's face with slight smiles
01:23:00:00 MS Auto workers sit around, eating lunch and talking
01:24:20:00 MS Overhead shot: brand-new shiny Chevrolet Impala drives up on assembly line
01:24:32:00 CU Wheels of car with whitewall tires swivel and spin as they are tested
01:24:42:00 CU Tester in car writes notes
01:24:50:00 CU Car is sprayed with water; windshield wipers are tested
01:25:00:00 LS Pickup truck with hood open; man closes hood
01:25:10:00 CU Precision instruments are used to test small car parts
01:25:40:00 MS Man works in control room behind glass windows at bank of electronic controls;
car engine visible through window
01:25:49:00 MS Man applies inspection stickers to inside of car window
01:25:55:00 MS Man in suit in car showroom watches as workers unshroud brand new car
01:26:14:00 CU Salesman opens small box and removes alarm clock
01:26:24:00 MS Salesman in store places price tag on television set; then turns it on; on
television screen a station wagon pulls into a driveway
01:26:37:00 CU Camera pans faces of workers on the line in a factory
01:26:45:00 MS Camera pans women workers sewing garments in factory
01:26:48:00 LS Seen from above, male factory workers leave work
01:26:50:00 LS Women factory workers leave work
01:26:54:00 LS Male and female factory workers leave work
01:26:57:00 MS Man carrying small parcel leaves his car
01:27:00:00 LS Small girl plays on backyard patio
01:27:03:00 LS Little girl runs to Father; leaps into his arms; he picks her up and spins her
around
01:27:10:00 MS Husband and wife give each other a kiss; barbecue smoke billows around them
01:27:17:00 LS Man wearing sailing clothes runs sail up mast of small boat
01:27:23:00 LS Little girl places toy animals in bathtub
01:27:30:00 LS Mother and daughter play in bathtub
01:27:40:00 LS Woman in white negligee gets into bed; turns off the light and settles in
01:27:55:00 MS Hands pour coffee from a Corningware coffee percolator; woman takes tray and
brings it over to her husband at poolside; he reaches for the telephone and
begins talking
01:28:16:00 LS Aerial view waterfront community; houses on marina
01:28:20:00 LS Aerial Daly City, California
01:28:25:00 LS Beach; could be California coastline; waves crashing; big rocks; people playing
in the distance; two children playing in the sand in the distance
01:28:45:00 MS Camera pans behind large rock outcropping

¥ 1:06:28:02
Colorful, over-the-shoulder shot of a little boy with a sailor cap on and an older man sitting at the rear of a motor boat which is speeding towards the Mackinac bridge.

¥ 1:28:12:08-
Two aerial shotsÑthe first of a marina area with massive housing developments on the hills in the background, and the second a different area (perhaps Daly City, California) with similar development.


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